Items tagged with qlc

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 12, 2022

Micron Ships First 176-Layer QLC NAND SSD And It's The World's Tiniest 2TB NVMe Drive

You might own a 2TB solid state drive (SSD) with an NVMe interface, but not one as tiny as Micron's new 2400 model in the 22x30mm (M.2 2230) form factor. It is the smallest 2TB NVMe SSD ever made, and it is the direct result of Micron having begun volume shipments of the industry's first 176-layer quad-level cell... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Mon, Oct 19, 2020

SK Hynix To Acquire Intel's NAND Memory Unit For $9 Billion As It Targets Enterprise SSDs

Earlier today, reports started emerging that SK Hynix was in final talks to acquire Intel's NAND storage unit. Late tonight, the news has been confirmed by both parties and a deal has been reached. SK Hynix has agreed to purchase Intel's NAND memory and storage businesses for a total $9 billion. This represents a... Read more...

by Nathan Ord - Wed, Sep 02, 2020

TeamGroup Targets Data Hoarders With Massive 15.3TB QX Consumer SSD

Have you ever needed to store millions of videos, songs, and games (or just 3 whole copies of the new Call of Duty)? TEAMGROUP, maker of memory and storage products, is shaking up the SSD game with QX, the first consumer-grade 15.3TB 2.5” SATA SSD. This beastly storage device at built with 3D QLC flash memory, which... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Nov 07, 2018

Micron Launches 12Gb LPDDR4x Mobile DRAM, World's First QLC SSD In 7.68TB Capacities

Micron on Wednesday made a couple of announcements aimed at advancing the mobile memory and enterprise storage markets. Starting with the former, Micron said it has begun mass producing the industry's highest capacity monolithic memory for mobile devices and applications, and specifically 12-gigabit (Gb) low-power... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Aug 07, 2018

Intel SSD 660p Review: Snappy NVMe Storage At Rock-Bottom Prices

Intel has taken another step forward in its perpetual march towards high-capacity, lower-cost solid state drives. Today’s release of the new Intel SSD 660p series of drives marks the first in the company’s line-up to pack its brand-new 64-layer QLC (quad-level cell) 3D NAND Flash memory, which essentially... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Mon, Aug 06, 2018

Samsung Cranks Mass Production Of QLC V-NAND For Consumer 4TB SSDs

Samsung is once again showing itself to be among the leaders in NAND storage technology by today announcing that it has started production of 4-bit QLC (quad-level cell) SATA SSDs. The new QLC SSDs leverage 64-layer 1Tb V-NAND that retains the performance levels afforded by current 3-bit SSD offerings. This QLC... Read more...